Rick Sawyer
[edit] Biography
Born on April 7, 1948 in Bakersfield, California, Rick Sawyer (Richard Clyde Sawyer) played for the New York Yankees and San Diego Padres over the course of his 4 year career. Sawyer broke into the bigs on April 28, 1974 with the New York Yankees, and put up a 2.53 ERA in 81.2 innings pitched in 1976, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Rick Sawyer's best season was 1976, when he posted a 2.53 ERA.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1974
| NY
| A
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 16.20
| 1
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.2
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1975
| NY
| A
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3.00
| 3
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 7
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1976
| SD
| N
| 13
| 11
| 5
| 3
| 2.53
| 33
| 24
| 23
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 81.2
| 84
| 2
| 38
| 8
| 3
| 1
|
| 1977
| SD
| N
| 56
| 9
| 7
| 6
| 5.84
| 45
| 77
| 72
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 111
| 136
| 15
| 55
| 11
| 10
| 7
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 69
| 20
| 12
| 9
| 4.44
| 78
| 101
| 95
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 192.2
| 220
| 17
| 93
| 19
| 13
| 8
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5.87
| 4
| 7
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7.2
| 9
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 74
| 20
| 12
| 9
| 4.49
| 82
| 108
| 100
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 200.1
| 229
| 17
| 96
| 19
| 14
| 8
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1974
| NY
| A
| P
| 1
| 0
| 1.2
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1975
| NY
| A
| P
| 4
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1976
| SD
| N
| P
| 13
| 11
| 81.2
| 3
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 5
| 2
| 1.000
|
| 1977
| SD
| N
| P
| 56
| 9
| 111
| 3
| 24
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 12
| 6
| 2
| .931
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 74
| 20
| 200.1
| 6
| 38
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 19
| 11
| 4
| .957
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1974
| NY
| A
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1975
| NY
| A
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1976
| SD
| N
| 13
| 24
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 2
| .208
| .269
| .208
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1977
| SD
| N
| 56
| 20
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 2
| .150
| .320
| .150
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 8
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 69
| 44
| 4
| 8
| 0
| 4
| .182
| .294
| .182
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 10
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 74
| 44
| 4
| 8
| 0
| 4
| .182
| .294
| .182
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 10
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by San Francisco Giants in the 29th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 6, 1967).
- Selected by Cleveland Indians in the 3rd round of the secondary phase of free-agent draft (January 27, 1968).
- Traded by Cleveland Indians with Walt Williams to New York Yankees as part of 3-team trade in which Detroit Tigers sent Jim Perry to Cleveland Indians; New York Yankees sent Jerry Moses to Detroit Tigers; and Detroit Tigers sent Ed Farmer to New York Yankees (March 19, 1974).
- Traded by New York Yankees to San Diego Padres (July 31, 1976) completing trade in which San Diego Padres traded Gene Locklear to New York Yankees in exchange for a player to be named later (July 10, 1976).
- Claimed on waivers by Montreal Expos from San Diego Padres (September 29, 1977).
- Released by Montreal Expos (March 31, 1978).
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